Lye Treatment For Floors

Lye treatment is suitable for all conifers floors staircases ceilings etc for indoor use.

Lye treatment for floors. The lye does not add any surface protection. A lye is a metal hydroxide traditionally obtained by leaching wood ashes or a strong alkali which is highly soluble in water producing caustic basic solutions. Type of plank. 5 mm top layer with approx.

Very vivid surface appearance. Apply the lye undiluted with a brush or paint roller in an even coat on the floor following the wood grain. Damp mop the floor with woca intensive wood cleaner see separate instructions. Traditions are there to be broken.

Inquiry add to wishlist. Wood lye may be used on all types of wood. 5 mm backing in the same wood and middle layer conifer. After extensive sanding the floors are bleached with lye which takes out the natural yellow and generally creates a raw whitewashed effect.

The floors can then be finished with a white oil or natural soap. Beautiful vivid surface appearance full of character. Brushed lye treated white oil. A hard wearing conifer floor.

Larch wide plank brushed lye treated white oil. Work on building and installing the kitchen is still underway more to follow on that so photos of the completed extension must wait a little longer. All i will say is that a slight mishap occurred when experiencing an itchy nose as i used the lye on my new oak kitchen. Lye is a chemical used for making soap performing chemistry demonstrations making biodiesel curing food unclogging drains disinfecting floors and toilets and synthesizing drugs because it can be used to make illegal drugs lye may be hard to find in a store however you can make the chemical yourself using a method popular in colonial days.

After all the flooring is reclaimed and not meant to be 100 perfect. Larch plank in 3 layer construction with small bevel on long side and approx. The lye can have different effects on certain species of woods. The priming prevents the wood from yellowing and enhances the wood grain creating a coloured wash effect depending on the chosen colour.

Apply at least one liter of lye for every 100 sq ft. Today lye is commercially manufactured using a membrane cell chloralkali process it is supplied in various forms. White lye treatments create a beautiful natural look on pine oak and ash floors amongst others. A hard wearing conifer floor.

Wood lye is used for priming of unfinished or newly sanded interior woodwork i e. Floor stairs furniture and panels. The wood still requires a coat of mafi white floor oil. Of floor or woodwork.

Let the floor dry completely.